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REDDISH-GREY BAT. 



PLATE III. 

 Vespertilio Nattereri KUHL. 



Ears oblong-ovate, about the length of the head, their outer 

 margin slightly sinuate ; tragus very narroiv, tapering, 

 straight, nearly two-thirds of the length of the ear; margin 

 of interfemoral membrane crcnate, and fringed with stiff 

 hairs towards the end; fur reddish-grey above, whitish 

 beneath. 



Vespertilio Nattereri, Kuhl, Deutschl. Flederm. Sp. 3 ; Des- 

 mar. Mammal. 135 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. An. 21 ; Bell, Brit. 

 Quadr. 42. 



THE Reddish-Grey Bat,- so named by Mr Bell 

 on account of its prevailing colour, has the head 

 rather small ; the muzzle narrow, projecting, slight- 

 ly emarginate ; the nostrils oval. The ears are of 

 a narrow ovate form, as long as the head, their tip 

 obtuse, and their outer margin scarcely sinuate ; 

 the tragus very narrow, lanceolate, and bare. The 

 lateral membranes are bare, and of a reddish-grey 

 colour ; the margin of their interfemoral portion 

 fringed with short stiff hairs. The fur is long, soft, 

 and light reddish-grey above, silvery-grey beneath ; 



